Puebla is renown in Mexico for it’s cuisine, la comida poblana, which includes it’s own take on tacos: los tacos árabes. A taco árabe is a flour tortilla with pork roasted on a vertical spit, as with a taco al pastor. Tacos árabes are larger than the al pastor variants in Mexico City and use a different combination of spices including onions, avoiding the orange seasoning that is ubiquitous elsewhere. And, most notably, tacos árabes are served rolled rather than flat. A smaller version with a corn tortilla, called a taco oriental, is also served.

Tacos at Bajo el Cielo de Jalisco

Tacos árabes have a nice meaty flavor, with good spice, and are very filling. Of course, it didn’t help that I took a liking to having my árabes served with cheese.